First few days in Geneva

So many people have asked me about a blog, so here it is....sometimes it will be absolutely boring, sometimes it will full of fun facts, sometimes it will be sad....and hopefully it will always be for your reading pleasure. Thanks Reilly for sending me the blog link.

I arrived in Geneva on thursday mid-afternoon. The sky was so low, grey...Upon arrival at the airport, I discovered that my luggage didn't follow me from London, and they have no record of my suitcases being forwarded to Geneva. But they will do some research, and hopefully locate them for me. If so, they will transfer the luggage to my hotel but it may take 24 hours. Note to self: always pack a change of clothes in your carry-on luggage! (you would think that I would be that smart after all the travel I have been doing!)

As the taxi drives me to my hotel, the only thing I could see was doom and gloom and I kept wondering why I decided to take that job! Gosh, I already miss the sun! Dad arrived later on thursday (somehow he managed to miss his train stop in Geneva and ended up in Lausanne!)

Friday, Dad and I spent the whole day walking around the city, checking out various areas. Visited one apartment that was being remodeled and looked really kick-ass. Hopefully, my application will be accepted (although the estate agent kept reminding us that the market is saturated). We also located another few places that I am not able to visit til next week. It has been raining all day.

Saturday, we woke up with snow. And more cold weather. About 35F. We did a little shopping, more walking around and some grocery shopping.

Restaurants are indeed pretty expensive. Expect to spent about $50 per head. I have not fully explored the possibilities of vegetarian eating since I do eat fish, so it has been quite easy so far.

Interesting thing about Geneva though: public transport is amazing: clean and ontime. You can walk the city pretty well. Surface is 6.2 square mile and only 186 000 inhabitants. So basically, there is hardly anybody in the streets.

Oh and another thing, Geneva doesn't have anti-smoking laws (yet) so yes you can still smoke in bars, restaurants and other public places (sad sad Sabine!)

I am sure i will find more and more interesting things about Geneva and will let you know as I go along.

Take care,
Sabine